The role of pH in the regulation of carbon fixation in the chloroplast stroma. Studies on CO2 fixation in the light and dark.
The role of pH in the regulation of carbon fixation in the chloroplast stroma. Studies on CO2 fixation in the light and dark.
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10.1016/0005-2728(75)90041-9
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1975-08
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Karl Werdan;Hans W. Heldt;Mirjana Milovancev
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作者:
Karl Werdan;Hans W. Heldt;Mirjana Milovancev
1. The pH in the stroma and in the thylakoid space has been measured in a number of chloroplast preparations in the dark and in the light at 20 °C. Illumination causes a decrease of the pH in the thylakoid space by 1.5 and an increase of the pH in the stroma by almost 1 pH unit.2. CO2fixation is shown to be strongly dependent on the pH in the stroma. The pH optimum was 8.1, with almost zero activity below pH 7.3. Phosphoglycerate reduction, which is a partial reaction of CO2fixation, shows very little pH dependency.3. Low concentrations of the uncouplerm-chlorocarbonylcyanide phenylhydrazone (CCCP) inhibit CO2fixation without affecting phosophoglycerate reduction. This inhibition of CO2fixation appears to be caused by reversal of light induced alkalisation in the stroma by CCCP.4. Methylamine has a very different effect compared to CCCP. Increasing concentrations of methylamine inhibit CO2fixation and phosphoglycerate reduction to the same extent. The light induced alkalisation of the stroma appears not to be significantly inhibited by methylamine, but the protons in the thylakoid space are neutralized. The inhibition of CO2fixation by higher concentrations of methylamine is explained by an inhibition of photophosphorylation. It appears that methylamine does not abolish proton transport.5. It is shown that intact chloroplasts are able to fix CO2in the dark, yielding 3-phosphoglycerate. This requires the addition of dihydroxyacetone phosphate as precursor of ribulosemonophosphate and also to supply ATP, and the addition of oxaloacetate for reoxidation of the NADPH in the stroma.6. Dark CO2fixation in the presence of dihydroxyacetone phosphate and oxaloacetate has the same pH dependency as CO2fixation in the light. This demonstrates that CO2fixation in the dark is not possible, unless the pH in the medium is artificially raised to pH 8.8.7. It is shown that pH changes occurring in the stroma after illumination are sufficient to switch CO2fixation from zero to maximal activity. This offers a mechanism for light control of CO2fixation, avoiding wasteful CO2fixation in the dark.